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Bloom into comedy

Posted: Saturday, March 24, 2007

Comedy writer Rob Bloom, a former graduate student at the University of Georgia, recently won the "Short Script-Big Screen" screenwriting contest and his manuscript is being produced by the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre as pre-show entertainment for movie theatres across the country throughout April.

"Suburban Bravery" tells the story about a family whose peaceful breakfast is interrupted by a bug. The short film stars John Lutz, whose credits include "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock," and Miriam Tolan, who has appeared on "The Daily Show," "The Upright Citizens Brigade" and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."

The author of a regular humor column at www.robbloom.com, the Atlanta-born Bloom has written for the Cartoon Network, McSweeney's, Fresh Yarn, National Public Radio, Flagpole Magazine and the Travel Channel. A 1999 graduate of the University of Florida, Bloom attended UGA from 2002-2004, and he and his wife (who earned her Ph.D. from Georgia) live in Philadelphia.